EP2: Hammer of Botany

Nature’s unseen behemoth Plodding inexorable Its invisible passing marked only By the Footsteps of Spring Dotting the landscape Along coastal paths serpentine Tiny yellow patches Quintuple inriflorescent domes Umbel borne flowers Like jutting floral stars Signaling Arctopoides’ perpetual journey Sanicle Prince, He With every step, heals the land

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Ablaze in the woods Shielded from the wind Burning en masse Claws of fire upturned to the sky Mucuna Novoguineensis From the foliage, hanging Lambent necklaces light a path Through the tropical night Climbing the forest, high above Tendrils of lava smoldering Floral embers in combustion Cascading in brilliant clusters Burn Burn

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Perpetually walking upon the petals of flowers A florid reflection of its surroundings Orchid mantis Floral chameleon incarnate Hymenopus Coronatus In floral pinks and whites Blending into the sacred world In veneration mimicking Hiding in plain sight

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Silky lanate hairs Silver white Adorn the ears of lambs Crenulate Floral fur soft Woundwort Staving off the Firmicutes Subsessile Semiamplexicaul Petioles about the stem halfway wrap Ovate teeth, apically rigid Arm the jaws of the calyx Whose invisible rivers of blood Flow unseen to their source Verticillasters bearing flowers Borne of flowers themselves

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Palmately lobed leaves alternate Upon lofty stalk the ciconia broods Gazing melancholic at a dying world Awaiting its passing to a greater glory

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025